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A jig for ripping

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by: Puckdropper - Mon, 18 Sep 2023 09:57 UTC

I needed to rip some smaller boards (about 8") to a consistent width with a
circular saw. Here's my solution:

A squared sideways J. The base is a piece of MDF, with a riser of MDF {the
thickness of the MDF}+{the thickness of the board to be cut}+{about 1/16-
1/8"}. Another piece of MDF forms the hook of the J and the circular saw
rides on that. That one is {final width}-{circular saw base to blade
distance}+{MDF Thickness}. A stop is added at the end, it just has to be
shorter than the thickness of the board.

Here's some ASCII Art:

[____] <- Circular saw base rides against this edge
[] <- Clearance Space
[] <- Board goes here, against edge
========[] <- Base

It worked great for cutting the box sides around my Cat O Lantern. My
underpowered CNC needed 20 minutes to make the cuts while the saw did it in
about 10 seconds.

Hm... Now that I think of it maybe I'll stick a spacer in there when I cut
the top board. That will make it just slightly smaller than the other
boards so it can be removed easily for access to the light.

Puckdropper

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Subject: Re: A jig for ripping
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by: DerbyDad03 - Tue, 19 Sep 2023 03:03 UTC

On Monday, September 18, 2023 at 5:57:58 AM UTC-4, Puckdropper wrote:
> I needed to rip some smaller boards (about 8") to a consistent width with a
> circular saw. Here's my solution:
>
> A squared sideways J. The base is a piece of MDF, with a riser of MDF {the
> thickness of the MDF}+{the thickness of the board to be cut}+{about 1/16-
> 1/8"}. Another piece of MDF forms the hook of the J and the circular saw
> rides on that. That one is {final width}-{circular saw base to blade
> distance}+{MDF Thickness}. A stop is added at the end, it just has to be
> shorter than the thickness of the board.
>
> Here's some ASCII Art:
>
> [____] <- Circular saw base rides against this edge
> [] <- Clearance Space
> [] <- Board goes here, against edge
> ========[] <- Base
>
> It worked great for cutting the box sides around my Cat O Lantern. My
> underpowered CNC needed 20 minutes to make the cuts while the saw did it in
> about 10 seconds.
>
> Hm... Now that I think of it maybe I'll stick a spacer in there when I cut
> the top board. That will make it just slightly smaller than the other
> boards so it can be removed easily for access to the light.
>
> Puckdropper

Nice job!

Submit your jig/tip to Woodsmith magazine and maybe
get up to $200. ;-)

https://www.woodsmith.com/magazine/tip/

Subject	Author
A jig for ripping	Puckdropper
Re: A jig for ripping	DerbyDad03